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DBMS > EXASOL vs. GeoMesa vs. PostGIS vs. TerarkDB vs. Valentina Server

System Properties Comparison EXASOL vs. GeoMesa vs. PostGIS vs. TerarkDB vs. Valentina Server

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NameEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDBObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score1.76
Rank#139  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#367  Overall
#56  Key-value stores
Score0.21
Rank#325  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.exasol.comwww.geomesa.orgpostgis.netgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdbwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationwww.exasol.com/­resourceswww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlpostgis.net/­documentationbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKcvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperExasolCCRi and othersByteDance, originally TerarkParadigma Software
Initial release20002014200520161999
Current release5.0.0, May 20243.4.2, February 20245.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0commercial inforestricted open source version availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageScalaCC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesnoyes
APIs and other access methods.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
C++ API
Java API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJava
Lua
Python
R
C++
Java
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnouser defined functionsnoyes
Triggersyesnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdepending on storage layeryes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layeryes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoHadoop integrationyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesdepending on storage layernoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageyes infobased on PostgreSQLnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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